hollow, empty (1)

verb physical_spatial

Proto-Siouan-Catawba

Proto-Siouan *xaró(•)S- (?)

Proto-Crow-Hidatsa

Hidatsa xarúxxE ‘wide, roomy’ J , xarúxxa

Proto-Mississipi-Valley *xró•S-(ka)

Proto-Dakota

Lakota xloɣéča ‘poor, thin, hollow’ EB:194

Stoney oʕnóʕa ‘a hole’ PAS

Proto-Hoocąk-Chiwere

Chiwere xló•ske, xró•ske ‘empty, hollow’ RR

Proto-Dhegiha *xróxʔa

Omaha-Ponca xthu’a , †xðóʔa ‘empty’ MAS:68

Kanza/Kaw xlókʔa ‘empty’ RR

Osage xthók’a, xthú’a, xthúḳ’a , †xlókʔa ‘empty, emptiness’ LF:220b

Quapaw kdóxʔa ‘empty’ JOD

General comment

This stem is too poorly attested for a really secure reconstruction.

Language Cognate Phonetic Siouan Meaning Comment Sources